World Events Today
- The German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen produced and detected what we now know as X-rays today in 1895
- The British peer Richard John Bingham, more commonly known as Lord Lucan, disappeared today in 1974, never to be seen again
- 11 people were killed and over 60 were wounded by an IRA bomb today in 1987 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Entertainment Events Today
- MGM released the historical drama movie Mutiny on the Bounty today in 1962
- The American daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives was aired on the NBC network for the first time today in 1965
- The HBO Home Box Office network was launched today in 1972
Family Events Today
- Edmond Halley, who was the second Astronomer Royal, was born today in 1656 in Kent, England, Halley’s Comet is named after him as he correctly calculated its orbit
- The American gambler and gunslinger John Henry “Doc” Holliday died today in 1887 aged 36, it was 6 years after the Gunfight at the OK Corral
- The celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was born today in 1966 in Johnstone, Scotland
Main Event Today
- Adolf Hitler staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich today in 1923, it ended as a failed coup d’état and with his arrest and imprisonment for treason
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Cappuccino Day